Elderly patients are at high risk of night-time admission to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call

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2016

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Sundararajan, K.
Flabouris, A.
Thompson, C.
Seppelt, I.

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Internal Medicine Journal, 2016; 46(12):1440-1442

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K. Sundararajan, A. Flabouris, C. Thompson, and I. Seppelt, on behalf of the George Institute of Global Health and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence study Investigators

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Previous studies have shown that elderly patients (age ≥65 years) are less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call and have high hospital mortality rates. This study has shown that elderly patients have a significantly higher probability of being admitted to an intensive care unit following a rapid response team call at night than during the day. However, at no time are they at greater risk than younger patients of incomplete vital sign recording, a failure to escalate care for acute deterioration or mortality.

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© 2016 Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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